2022 Atlantic hurricane season

Tropical storm Fiona has now formed in the Atlantic, the sixth named storm of this still relatively quiet 2022 hurricane season, with a path that will take the storm through the Caribbean islands, but some uncertainty in the cone over the eventual direction storm Fiona will choose to take.

Tropical storm Earl intensified to become hurricane Earl over night, as the fifth named Atlantic storm of the season became the second to reach hurricane status and set a path towards the north, with the island of Bermuda now under a tropical storm watch for a relatively close pass.

After a particularly quiet time in the Atlantic tropics, at least two systems appear primed for development, naming and strengthening perhaps into hurricanes, but at this time the general consensus is that threats to land are limited from these storms.

Accuweather, the US forecasting company, became the latest to slightly reduce its seasonal forecast for the 2022 Atlantic hurricane season.

Tropical Storm Risk, another of the insurance and reinsurance industry watched seasonal forecast teams, has now lowered its seasonal forecast for the 2022 Atlantic hurricane season, becoming the third forecaster to do so.

After a relatively slow start to what was anticipated to be another particularly active 2022 Atlantic hurricane season, two of the forecast teams most followed in insurance and reinsurance circles have reduced their seasonal storm and hurricane numbers.

Tropical Storm Risk, one of the insurance and reinsurance industry supported forecast teams, has raised its prediction for activity levels in the 2022 Atlantic hurricane season, while saying landfall chances are above normal as well.

The second named storm of the 2022 Atlantic hurricane season has just been named, with tropical storm Bonnie now heading for Central America and expected to impact Costa Rica and Nicaragua tonight.

Capital strength will support global reinsurance firms through the 2022 Atlantic hurricane season, according to Fitch Ratings, but a significant loss or number of major events could make things more challenging, something that the still limited amount of retrocession in the market could exacerbate, it seems.

Colorado State University’s tropical meteorology team led by Phil Klotzbach has increased its forecast for activity in the 2022 Atlantic hurricane season, saying they now anticipate a “well above-average” hurricane season ahead also raising its landfall probability forecasts.